Alternate-current motor.



V. A. PYNN.

ALTERNATE CURRENT MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED KAY 26, 1910. 1,038,338, Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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Valre A. Fynn,

ORNEYS V. A. PYNN.

ALTERNATE CURRENT MOTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 26, 1910.

1,038,338, Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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VALERE ALFRED FYNN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

ALTERNATE-CURRENT MOTOR.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Application filed May 28, 1910. Serial No. 563,541.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALERE Anmno FYNN, a subject of the King of England, residing at London, England, ave invented a certain new and useful Alternate-Current Motor, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi this specification.

invention relates more particularly to single phase alternate current induction motors having a permanently short-circuited induced member such as a squirrel-cage, or

to such motors having an induced winding adapted to he permanently short-circuited by means of slip rings or in some like manner.

The principal object of my invention is to cause such single phase motors to start with a powerful torque without the use of a com mutator. Broadly spealn'ng, I achieve this object by imitating in a squirrel-cage motor as closely as it can, especiall at starting, the favorable conditions obtaining, for instance, in the lmown separately excited single phase series or shunt induction commutator motors.

My invention and its several advantages will he hotter understood b reference to the following description, ta en inconnec- 't-ion with the accompanying dia rammatic drawings o1 twopole motors,1n w ich Figure 1 represents the known separately excited single phase series induction comwindings 11, 12 $5 position of said windings on the other groupof stator and rotor laminations; Fi 9 illustrates one way of mechanically isposing the various elemenm constituting the preferred form of my improved motor.

Referring to Fi 1, thestator carries two displaced by 90 electrical degrees or by 180/? degrees where represents the number ofpoles of the machine, and connected 1n series relation across the means 9, 10. It 1s well understood that a .series relation between two windings may be obtained either by connecting them 1n series directly or with the interposition of a series transformer. The rotor carries a commuted winding 13, short-circuited by means of the working brushes 14-, 15 along the axis of the main inducing stator winding 11. The working current is induced in 13 by 11 and the motor field is produced by the deter field winding 12. The flux due to 12 is pracr tically in phase with the current in 12, therefore, also in phase with the current in 11 and with the induced working current in 13, thus securing a large torque per ampere at starting. This desirable phase coincidence of working current and motor flux is pri: marily due to the fact that therotor is not inductively responsive along the axis of 12;

it is also due to the fact that 11 and 12 are connected in series relation. Because. the rotor is not inductively responsive along the axis oflQ, the machine in Fig. 1 will also develop a large starting torque if 12 be connected in parallel relation to 11 but the conditions under speed will be inferior to those secured by the heforementioned series connection. My object, therefore, is to produce a squirrel-cage motor or the like having a main inducing winding and a field winding displaced therefrom and to make the inductive relation between the main inducing winding and a rotor winding as good as possible while making the inductive relation between the field wmdin and said rotor winding as poor as possi lo. I can thus secure a large rotor current alon the main inducin I axis with but a small ux in that axis while I can produce alarge flux along the axis of the field winding withoutproducing a large rotor current in that axis thus approaching the conditions obtaining in Fig. 1 and securing a large starting torque. To this end I provide means'along one axis of the inducing member for producing a main magnetization through all the stator laminations and I dispose along another axis afield Winding on the inducing member which longitudinally embraces a part only of the laminations. The rotor reactance along t-hefield axis will thus be ve mucl' larger than along the main axis. l may use only one winding on the induced stator laminations.

proved motor, Figs. 5 and 6 show details of I the preferred rotor construction, Figs. 7 and 8 show the referred arrangement of stator slots and Fig. 9 illustrates one way of mechanically disposing the principal elements of such motors. It is impossible to adeguately illustrate all these points in a. sing}:

'gure; Figs. 2, 3 or 4 must, therefore,

considered 1n connection with Fi s. 7, 8 and 9 and the descriptions of these 'gures will necessary overlap. in Fig. 2, both rotor and stator laminations are divided into two groups 43, 44 and 41, 42 in the manner shown in Fig. 9. The conductors of the rotor winding are carried straight through from group 43 to group 44 and the mam inducing windin consists of two parts 11' and 11 each isposed 'on one group of These two parts are longitudinally displaced but they are arranged to magnetize along parallel axes because the rotor conductors are wound straight through from 43 to 44. The stator windl 12 connected in series relation with 11" an 11" is disposed on one group of stator laminations only and is displace by 90 electrical degrees with respect to the main inducing winding 11' located on that same grou of stator laminations. v

Wmdin 12 may be referred to as the stator fiel wind' This winding 12 can be disposed in a urality of slots per pole but I prefer to l ace it in only one slot per pole and 1 furt ermore refer to set said slot back from the bore 0 the stator so as to further diminish the mutual induction betweenrotor and stator along the axis of 12. This preferred construction is indicated in Fig. 7 where the stator field winding 12 is placed in the 'lar e slots or holes 39 and 40 set back from t e bore of the group of stator laminations 41 inclosing the group of rotor laminations 43., The main inducing 2 be located vin the open stator slots 25,

26 38 of the stator 42 of Fig. 8. The active turns and, therefore, the ampere turns of 12 can be varied at 16 thus varying the startmg current and the starting torque. Switch 17 serves to reverse the direction out the current in 12 relatively to the direction parallel with 12 serves the purpose of vary- 1n the phase of the current in the stator fie d windin relatively to the phase of the current in t e main inducing winding. It may also be said that 18 serves the purpose of varying the phase relation between the E. M. F.s appeari at the terminals of the main inducing win ing, and the stator field winding respectively. Such a phase adjustment is often desirable but need not always be provided for. When the motor has reached a sufiicient speed the winding 12 may be entirely out out of circuit.

11 Fig. 2 the two groups of rotor laminations 43 and 44 carry two permanently short-circuited windings 52 and 53 located in the slots 1 to 8 on 43 and l to 8 on 44. They are separated in each slot by a magnetic shunt or bridge 54 so arranged that magnetic flux passing this bridge can thread one rotor winding without threading the other. This bridge is so constructed as to facilitate the production of Foucault currents therein whereby it becomes inductively responsive to a magnetic flux thread ing same. Fig. 5 shows this construction to a arger scale andFig. 6 shows a modified arrangement in which the bridge is not inductively responsive and is formed by the rotor laininations themselves. One rotor winding 52 is disposed in open slots 55 located near the rotor peri hery whereas the other windin is dispose in closed slots or 'holes 56, em edded in the rotor core. The relative s ace position of the two rotor windings on ,t e two groups of rotor laminations is further illustrated in Fig. 9. Although I prefer to use two rotor windings, yet one only may be employed and can then e disposed as 1s winding 52. When two windings are, however, used in the manner illustrated in the various figures, then the one (52) which is placed in the best inductive relation to the main inducing winding or windings is preferably given a higher resistance than the other.

In the motor shown in Fig. 3 the main inducing winding 11 consists of coils embracing all the stator laminations. This construction is the more economical as the two longitudinally displaced groups of laminations can then be set closer to each other. This disposition of the winding 11 is also illustrated in Fig. 9. In Fig. 3 the windings .ll and 12 are connectedin series relation .by way of the adjustable series transformer 45.v The adjustable inductive resistance or impedance 50 connected in parallel to 11 provides one way of adjustmg the phase of the E. M. F. appearing at the terminals of 11 with respect to the phase of the E. M. F. appearing at the terminals In Fig. i the main inducing winding 11 of 12. After the motor has reached a sufiicient speed the series transformer can be cut out of circuit and any phase adjusting devices which may have been used can be disconnected.

The modification shown in) Fig. 4 illustrates the parallel connection between the main inducing and the stator field windings.

embraces both groups of stator laminations. An inductive resistance 21 adjustable at 22 and an ohmic resistance 23 adjustable at 24, are inserted in circuit with 11 and 12 re spectively as examples of means for adjusting the phase relation of the currents in the two windings or of the E. M. F impressed on said windings. The star ing effort can often be increased or the starting current be diminished by the use of such means. The direction of rotation can be reversed by reversing the current through 11 or 12 for instance as shown at 17. When the motor is up to speed the circuit containing 12 can be interrupted.

Although the invention has been de-' scribed with reference to two-pole motors and to, a revolving induced member, yet it is to be understood that it is equally applicable to motors with any number of pole pairs and that the induced member ma be stationary, the inducing member being rotatable.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a single rotor, of a laminated stator, means for producing a main n-pole magnetization along one axis through all of the stator laminations, and a field winding producing a like number of poles along another axis and embracing a part only of the stator laminations.

2. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a rotor, of a laminated stator, means for producing a main n-pole magnetization along one axis through all of the stator laminations, a field winding producing a like number of poles along another axis and embracing a part only of the stator laminations, and means for rendering the field winding inoperative.

lln an alternating current motor, the combination with a rotor, of a laminated stator, means for producing a main n-pole magnetization along one axis through all of the stator laminations, a field winding producing a like number of poles along another axis and embracing a part only of the stator laminations, and means for changing the relative direction of the main magnetization and the magnetization produced by said field winding.

4. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a.rotor, of a laminated stator, means for producing a main magnetization along one axis through all of the stator laminations, a field winding disposed along another axis and embracing a part only of the stator laminations, said field winding being disposed in only one slot per pole.

5. combination with a rotor, of a laminated stator, means for producing a main n-pole magnetization along one axis through all of the stator laininations, a field winding producing a like'number of poles along another axis and embracing a part only of the stator laminations, and means for controlling the phase of the magnetization due to the field winding relative to the phase of the main magnetizat on.

6. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a laminated staton-of a single rot-or, a main inducing winding longitudinally embracing all the stator laminations, and a field winding displaced by substantially 180/1 degrees. from the main inducing winding and longitudinally embracing a part only of the stator laminations.

7. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a rotor, of a laminated stator provided with a main inducing winding embracing all the stator laminations, a field winding producing the same number of poles as the main inducing winding and embracing only a art ofthe stator laminations, said field winding being connected in series relation with the main inducing winding.

8. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a laminated stator, of a single rotor, a main inducing winding longitudinally embracing all the statorlaminations, a field winding displaced by substantially 180/n degrees from the main inducing winding and longitudinally embracing a part only of the statonlaminations, and

means for rendering the field Winding inoperative.

9. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a laminated stator, of, a single rotor, a main inducingwinding longitudinally embracing all the stator laminations, a field winding displaced by substantially 180/11 degrees from the main inducing winding and longitudinally embracing a part only of the stator laminations, and means for controllin the phase of the current in the field windin relative to the phase of the current in the main inducing winding.

10. In an alternating current motor, the combination with a rotor, of a stator having two groups of laminations and provided with a main inducing windin embracing both groups of laminations, a eld winding on the stator embracin only one group of stator laminations, an means for control- In an alternating current motor, the

10 substantially 180/n degrees from the main inducing winding and longitudinally embracing a part only of the stator laminations.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and afiixed my seal in the presence 15 of the two subscribing Witnesses.

' TVALERE ALFRED FYNN. Witnesses:

E. E. HUFFMAN, ELIZABETH BAIIEY. 

